SPONSORS | 2 | | 3 | INDEX Introduction 06 Advisors 08 Juries 10 Pitching for Feature Films in Development 17 Features Work In Progress Platform 37 Documentaries Work In Progress Platform 49 Ortak Yapım Marketi ve Proje Geliştirme 67 Platformu Series / Short Series Pitching Platform Sümer Tilmaç Antalya Film Support Fund Pitching Platform 81 Co-Production & Events 88 Project Development Market Awards 90 Festival Team 92 1 | 5 | KURMACA INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Olena Yershova Yıldız Head of Antalya Film Forum Dear Friends, Welcome to the Antalya Film Forum, a three-day meeting point for Turkish and international producers, sales agents, distributors, broadcasting and funding representatives with an active involvement in international co-productions. This year, our industry is facing the new reality, new challenges: economic crises and the global pandemic. In the circumstances, the importance of such events is greater than ever. So we are very happy that, thanks to the support of our sponsors and funders, we can bring your projects to the attention of the international film industry. The film industry is changing rapidly. The new media and new platforms emerging also bring new opportunities. Given the significantly growing role of drama series in the audiovisual industry and how they are reshaping the market around the world, the Antalya Film Forum decided this year to dedicate one of its sections to the series. Our aim is to encourage the development of universal stories which are both original and creative. We wish you good health, good luck and inspiration! We would be thrilled to hear about the progress and achievements of your projects in the future. Please do not hesitate to contact our team if we can be of any assistance. With my warmest wishes, | 6 | | 7 | KURMACA ADVISORS KATRIEL SCHORY ADVISOR Katriel Schory studied at the NYU Film School. He formed more than 300 Israeli films, many of them won prestigious production company Belfilms, which produced more than awards, including Oscar nominations, Gold and Silver Lions 150 films, including award winning features, documentaries. and Bears and Golden Globe. He received the Chevalier de From 1999, for more than 20 years he was the Executive Di- l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 2011. In 2018, he rector of the Israel Film Fund, which supports Israeli feature was awarded the Berlinale Camera Award by the Berlin IFF ADVISORS films. During these years he authorised the production of for his outstanding contribution to the film industry. MARSEL KALVO ADVISOR In 2006 Marsel Kalvo founded the distribution company (2013), The Voice (2013), Adab-ı Muaşeret (2009) and as- Mars Production. Since 2009, he has produced various ti- sociate producer of Fish (2014) and Shadows and Faces tles selected to film festivals such as Venice, Locarno, Tallinn (2010). He is also the co-founder of Baska Sinema which is Black Nights. He was one of the producers of the award win- the first art-house theatrical release chain, distributing Turk- ning film Something Useful (2017) and But Muzeyyen That’s ish and international titles in Turkey. the Deepest Desire (2015), Sibel (2018), Nobody’s Home SIMONE BAUMANN ADVISOR Born in 1963 and raised in Germany. She studied philosophy Saxonia Entertainment in Leipzig as the executive produc- in Rostov upon the Don in the 1980s. She worked in Mos- er. In 2019 she has been announced as the managing direc- cow in the early 1990s and as a lecturer at Berlin Humboldt tor at German Films where she has been working as Eastern University before she began a career in documentary film Europe representative since 2005. Simone Baumann has with Leipzig-based broadcaster MDR. Between 1997-2010 not only produced award winning, courageous and contro- she worked as the managing director of the independ- versial documentaries, but also tirelessly championed inter- ent production company LE VISION. In 2011 she joined national cooperation. | 8 | | 9 | JURIES PITCHING FOR FEATURE FILMS IN DEVELOPMENT BOBBY ALLEN Bobby Allen is Senior Vice President of Production at Mubi, an independent film producer and Vice President of Sales JURIES a theatrical distributor and producer. Based out of Mubi’s and Acquisitions at Celluloid Dreams, Head of Production global headquarters in London, he leads the company’s pro- at MTV Films Europe, and Head of Acquisitions at Film Four. duction arm and is responsible for developing and produ- He has also held senior executive positions in international cing Mubi’s films worldwide. With over 20 years in the glo- film sales and acquisitions at companies such as PolyGram bal film and entertainment industry, prior to Mubi, Allen was Film International, Lionsgate, and Mayfair Entertainment. DELLY SHIRAZI Born in Iran and raised in Switzerland, Delly Shirazi is a prog- tival, where she was Lab Head of Studies in 2017. Shirazi is a rammer at IFFR, overseeing the MENA (Middle East and program advisor (fiction section) to the Geneva International North Africa) region, Iran and Turkey. She also contributes Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, and has collabo- regularly as a consultant and script analyst to several film fun- rated with Sunny Independent Pictures as a development ds, including the Doha Film Institute and Hubert Bals Fund. producer since 2018. She also regularly works with the Open Doors Locarno Fes- DİLARA OMUR Born in Istanbul in 1987, Omur spent a year studying Film and a variety of institutions and festivals. In the seven years from Psychology at Wesleyan University. She went on to earn an 2013 to 2020, she worked on script and project development undergraduate degree in Psychology at Koç University, fol- at BKM, developing content for more than 50 theatrically re- lowed by postgraduate degrees in Cultural and Creative In- leased films and broadcast TV shows. Most recently, she has dustries at King’s College and Comparative Literature at Bil- embarked on a new venture to develop her own stories. gi University. She has led script development workshops for | 10 | | 11 | JURIES JURIES FEATURES WORK IN PROGRESS PLATFORM DOCUMENTARIES WORK IN PROGRESS PLATFORM ANTOINE THIRION ADRIEK VAN NIEUWENHUYZEN A French film critic and programmer, Antoine Thirion was Jeu de Paume in Paris and the Marseille Festival of Docu- Before becoming deputy director at IDFA in 1993 she worked ed several programs at IDFA. From February 2007 on she is born in 1981. He is a member of the selection committees mentary Film (FID). As an occasional screenwriter and au- as an assistant producer at one of the Dutch public broad- Head of the Industry office of IDFA where she is in charge of of the Locarno Film Festival and Cinéma du Réel. He wrote thor, his work includes two projects with Raya Martin, How casters. At IDFA she was from the beginning mainly involved the professionals program, including FORUM and Docs for for Cahiers du Cinéma from 2001 to 2009, co-founded the He Died Is Controversial (2015) and UNdocumenta (2016). in programming, the festival became in thirty years time one Sale. She serves regularly as a member of the selection com- website Independencia and published in various magazines of the leading documentary festivals in the world. She curat- mittee IDFA Bertha Fund. and collective works. He has curated retrospectives at the ASLI ÖZGE NECATİ SÖNMEZ Award-winning filmmaker, Aslı Özge, made her feature debut Cinemas Label Special Mention at the Berlinale and Interna- Film critic, documentary filmmaker and festival program- Housekeeper (2006), Sisters of Lilith (2008), The Trace of in 2009 with the acclaimed drama, Men on the Bridge, which tional FIPRESCI Prize at the Istanbul Film Festival. In 2019, mer. He is one of the founders of Documentarist Istanbul the Butterfly (2014) and You Come From Far Away (2018). premiered at the Locarno and Toronto Film Festivals. She Özge directed a mini-series, Dunkelstadt, in Belgium for the Documentary Days which was launched in 2008. His debut So far, he curated documentary programs at film festivals. He went on to write and direct Lifelong (2013) and the Ger- German TV channel, ZDF-Neo. She is currently working on film Theo’s Gaze (2003) looked at the work of Theo Ange- contributes to a number of magazines and newspapers. He is man-language All of a Sudden (2016), both of which pre- her latest project, Black Box. Özge was born in Istanbul and lopoulos. He has produced several awarded films such as currently living in Istanbul and Cairo. miered at the Berlin Film Festival. The latter won the Europa is based in Berlin. RENAN ARTUKMAÇ PHILIPPA KOWARSKY A producer and international distributor, Renan Artukmaç tion of internationally well-received features such as Golden Philippa Kowalski established Cinephil, an international sales Dogs in 2019, Winnie, the Emmy Award nominee. Philip- has been involved in the worldwide distribution of many Globe nominee, Neruda, by Pablo Larrain and the Venice and production company in 1997. Cinephil has a strong rep- pa Kowarsky, has co-produced many films, including the award-winning films (Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman, Days winner, Return to Ithaca, by Laurent Cantet. This year utation for securing distribution and financing deals for doc- Academy Award nominees, The Gatekeepers, The Look of Berlinale selected Gloria by Sebastian Lelio, Golden Globes he joined Elle Driver as Sales and Acquisitions Manager. umentaries from all over the world. Cinephil represented the Silence and The Act of Killing. In 2019 she became an Acad- nominee The Club). He has also participated in the produc- films which were shortlisted at Academy awards like: Advo- emy member. cate in 2020, On Her Shoulders in 2019, Distant Barking of | 12 | | 13 | JURIES JURIES SERIES / SHORT SERIES PITCHING PLATFORM SÜMER TİLMAÇ ANTALYA FILM SUPPORT FUND PITCHING PLATFORM LAURENCE HERSZBERG BURAK GÖRAL Laurence Herszberg has been involved in some of the most now firmly established its place as the leading internation- Burak Göral is a film critic, journalist, author and screenwriter.